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The best remaining seats : the golden age of the movie palace
by Ben M. Hall ; foreword by Bosley Crowther ; new preface by B. Andrew Corsini« The Best Remaining Seats, is a seminal work in the history of theaters. It was the first to survey the origins and architecture of America's movie palaces, the palatial cinemas built between the 1910s and the 1940s to showcase the films of Hollywood's major studios. » Ben M. Hall (1921-1970) was an American author and theater historian. In 1969, Hall founded the Theatre Historical Society of America.
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Environmental deterioration and human health : natural and anthropogenic determinants
“This book discusses the natural and anthropogenic determinants of the environment and their impact on human health. It throws light on the perspectives of climate change with case studies from Australia, India, Italy, and Latin America. Themes covered are ecology of antibiotic resistant microorganisms, pesticide and heavy metal (arsenic) problems in natural environment; molecular advances in understanding of microbial interactions; ecological studies of human/animal health and diseases; food security, technological developments and more. The various chapters incorporate both theoretical and applied aspects and may serve as baseline information for future research through which significant development is possible.”
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Où le monde minéral choisit-il ses couleurs ? : 100 clés pour comprendre les roches et les minéraux
« Quel rapport entre le basalte, l’ambre et la craie ? Bien que formés dans des conditions totalement différentes, tous trois sont des roches. Qu’est-ce que le quartz a de commun avec l’opale ? Ce sont deux minéraux siliceux, mais seul le premier est un cristal. Est-il vrai que le graphite a la même composition que le diamant ? Oui, il s’agit de deux cristaux de carbone pur. Une composition d’ailleurs partagée par une roche charbonneuse, l’anthracite. Comment rendre un sédiment intelligent ? Quelles roches se forment par évaporation ? Que nous disent les fossiles sur les extinctions massives ? Que s’est-il passé en Martinique le 8 mai 1902 et à Tcheliabinsk, en Oural, le matin du 15 février 2013 ? Pourra-t-on un jour extraire du pétrole et du gaz de schiste sans polluer ?... Roches, minéraux, cristaux : trois termes simples, qui pourtant recouvrent une réalité complexe et mystérieuse. Percer les secrets de la cristallographie, apprendre à distinguer les roches magmatiques des roches métamorphiques, comprendre les pierres précieuses, découvrir des matériaux extraterrestres... À travers 100 questions richement illustrées, émaillées d’anecdotes historiques ou littéraires, ce petit livre propose un éclairage simple, précis et ludique sur la formation et la diversité des roches et des minéraux. »
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For two thousand years
Mihail Sebastian ; translated by Philip Ó Ceallaigh« De 1923 à 1933, les dix années de vie d'un jeune juif roumain, des champs de pétrole des Carpates aux cafés de Montparnasse. Confronté aux violences de l'antisémitisme, il s'interroge sur les causes qui le nourrissent depuis 2000 ans. »
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Digitale Kompetenz : was die Schule dazu beitragen kann
Werner Hartmann, Alois Hundertpfund« Digitale Demenz, Verlust der Privatsphäre, Cybermobbing, Informationsüberflutung, Tablets statt Schulbücher, Google und Wikipedia als weltweite Bibliothek, multimediales und interaktives Lernen die Digitalisierung macht auch vor der Schule nicht Halt. Dabei geht es nicht darum, ob digitale Medien 'gut' oder 'schlecht' sind. Die Schule bereitet junge Leute auf die Zukunft vor. Diese Aufgabe darf sie nicht nur mit den Werkzeugen der Vergangenheit angehen. Das Buch setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, über welche Kompetenzen man in einer digital geprägten Gesellschaft verfügen muss. »
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Elizabeth is missing
Emma Healey Elizabeth is Missing is the stunning, smash-hit debut novel from new author Emma Healey« Maud is forgetful. She makes a cup of tea and doesn't remember to drink it. She goes to the shops and forgets why she went. Sometimes her home is unrecognizable - or her daughter Helen seems a total stranger. But there's one thing Maud is sure of: her friend Elizabeth is missing. The note in her pocket tells her so. And no matter who tells her to stop going on about it, to leave it alone, to shut up, Maud will get to the bottom of it.» Winner of the Costa First Novel Award. Shortlisted for National Book Awards New Writer of the Year.
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Renishaw Hall: the story of the Sitwells
Desmond Seward« When the Sitwell family is mentioned, most people think of its most famous members: the siblings Edith (1887–1964), Osbert (1892–1969), and Sacheverell (1897–1988), glittering masters of self-advertisement who challenged Bloomsbury as arbiters of taste during the 1920s and ’30s and went on grabbing the aesthetic limelight right up until their triumphant tours of the United States in the 1940s and ’50s. According to Evelyn Waugh, they “radiated an aura of high spirits, elegance, impudence, unpredictability, above all of sheer enjoyment. They declared war on dullness.” “I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish” Edith Sitwell The Sitwells entertained the artists of their time in Renishaw Hall (Cecil Beaton, Rex Whistler, Evelyn Waugh, John Piper etc.) D. H. Lawrence is said to have used Renishaw Hall as inspiration for his novel Lady Chatterley's Lover. The 1980 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice used footage shot at Renishaw Hall. »
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Die Erkundung der Welt : die großen Entdeckungsreisen von Marco Polo bis Humboldt
Jürgen Sarnowsky« Entdecker hat es überall gegeben. Aber warum haben die Europäer die Welt systematisch vermessen und erobert? Jürgen Sarnowsky eröffnet in seiner kurzen Geschichte der Entdeckungsreisen das große Panorama eines Zeitalters, das wie besessen war von den Geheimnissen und Reichtümern jenseits der Meere. Auf der Grundlage zahlreicher Reiseberichte aus fünf Jahrhunderten zeigt das Buch, wie die Welt seit dem Spätmittelalter angetrieben von Neugier, Abenteuerlust und dem Wettlauf um Land und Reichtum erschlossen wurde. Der Autor erzählt von der frühen Erkundung Asiens und der afrikanischen Westküste, von Vasco da Gama, Kolumbus und Cortés, von den Südseereisen Magellans und Cooks, von der Suche nach der Nordwestpassage und den Forschungsreisen Alexander von Humboldts. Sein spannend geschriebenes Buch führt den Leser ganz nah an die Mentalität der Entdecker heran und lässt uns so die Geschichte der Globalisierung besser verstehen. »
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Pikin Slee
Viviane Sassen« Viviane Sassen's latest body of work was realized in a remote village on the Upper Suriname River. Known for her imaginative approach to fashion photography, Sassen's lens here captures mundane objects, making them appear extraordinary against the background of nature's overwhelming presence. Largely shot in black and white, the informal photos also capture a sense of Sassen's personal connection to the village, which is inhabited by the ancestors of former slaves who escaped Dutch rule. » Viviane Sassen (born 1972) is a Dutch photographer who has been widely published and exhibited. She was included in the 2011 New Photography exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. She has created campaigns for Miu Miu, Stella McCartney, and Louis Viutton, among others. She has won the Dutch Prix de Rome (2007) and the Infinity Award from International Center of Photography
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Coeur tambour : roman
Scholastique Mukasonga« Du Rwanda à la Caraïbe et à l'Amérique, ce roman, qui a pour toile de fond les mystères, les initiations et la naissance de la musique des Nyabinghi, évoque le crime fondateur de ce peuple rasta, celui de la diva Kitami, surnommée l'Amazone noire. »
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The Cambridge companion to modern Arab culture
ed. by Dwight F. Reynolds« Dwight F. Reynolds brings together a collection of essays by leading international scholars to provide a comprehensive and accessible survey of modern Arab culture, from the early nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The chapters survey key issues necessary to any understanding of the modern Arab World: the role of the various forms of the Arabic language in modern culture and identity; the remarkable intellectual transformation undergone during the 'Nahda' or 'Arab Renaissance' of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the significant role played by ethnic and religious minorities, and the role of law and constitutions. Other chapters on poetry, narrative, theatre, cinema and television, art, architecture, humour, folklore, and food offer fresh perspectives and correct negative stereotypes that emerge from viewing Arab culture primarily through the lens of politics, terrorism, religion, and economics. »
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Cecil B. DeMille : the art of the Hollywood epic
Cecilia DeMille Presley and Mark A. Vieira«One hundred years ago, Cecil B. DeMille made the first feature film ever shot in Hollywood and went on to become the most commercially successful producer-director in history. Between 1913 and 1956, he made seventy features, both silent and sound films. DeMille told his cinematic tales with painterly, extravagant images, the parting of the Red Sea in The Ten Commandments was only one of these. His films were distinguished by their epic scale, and by his cinematic showmanship. This lavish volume opens the Cecil B. DeMille Archives, presenting storyboard art, concept paintings, and an array of photographic imagery. Historian Mark A. Vieira writes an illuminating text to accompany these scenes. Cecilia de Mille Presley relates her grandfather's thoughts on his various films, and recalls her visits to his sets, including the Egyptian expedition to film The Ten Commandments. »
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Pape Satàn aleppe : cronache di una società liquida
Umberto Eco« Pape Satan Aleppe, chroniques d'une société liquide, est un essai qui rassemble des textes déjà publiés depuis 2000 dans l'hebdomadaire italien L'Espresso, auquel collaborait l'écrivain philosophe et linguiste. »
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Chicagonomics : the evolution of Chicago free market economics
Lanny Ebenstein« Offers a comprehensive and noteworthy examination of the University of Chicago's influence on economic theory in the U.S.»
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Biology of ticks
“Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines the systematics, biology, structure, ecological adaptations, evolution, genomics and the molecular processes that underpin the growth, development and survival of these important disease-transmitting parasites. Also discussed is the remarkable array of diseases transmitted (or caused) by ticks, as well as modern methods for their control. This book should serve as a modern reference for students, scientists, physicians, veterinarians and other specialists.”
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Pilze von Jean-Henri Fabre
„Jean-Henri Fabre, dessen Erinnerungen eines Insektenforschers für den Literaturnobelpreis nominiert waren und der mit diesem Werk unzählige Schriftsteller beeinflusste, war Zeit seines Lebens der ebenso faszinierenden wie geheimnisvollen Welt der Pilze verfallen. Von 1872 an aquarellierte er insgesamt fast 700 naturwissenschaftlich genaue und wohlkomponierte Pilzstudien, vornehmlich, um den Reichtum der Pilzwelt für die Nachwelt zu erhalten, da er zu Recht, wie wir heute wissen fürchtete, dass viele Arten aussterben würden. Dieser prächtige Folioband versammelt erstmals alle erhaltenen Pilz- Aquarelle Fabres und beweist eindrucksvoll, dass dem Naturforscher Jean-Henri Fabre neben seinem herausragenden Rang in der Literaturauch ein besonderer Platz in der Kunstgeschichte gebührt.“
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Toward a new dimension : exploring the nanoscale
“Over the course of the last thirty years, the investigation of objects at the nano scale has rocketed. Nanoscale scientific research has not only powerfully affected the amount and orientation of knowledge, it has perhaps even more significantly redirected the ways in which much research work is carried out, changed scientists' methodology and reasoning processes, and influenced aspects of the structure of career trajectory and the functioning of scientific disciplines. This book identifies key historical moments and episodes in the birth and evolution of nanoscience, discusses the novel repertory of epistemological concerns of practitioners, and signals sociological propensities. It invites the question: to what extent does nanoscale scientific research constitute a kind of 'scientific revolution'? ”
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The noise of time
Julian Barnes« In May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now. And few who are taken to the Big House ever return. A story about the collision of Art and Power, about human compromise, human cowardice and human courage, it is the work of a true master. Julian Barnes lives in London. In France he is the only writer to have won both the Prix Médicis (for Flaubert's Parrot) and the Prix Femina (for Talking it Over). »
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Neuroéconomie
Daniel Serra« Une synthèse sur la neuroéconomie, une discipline qui étudie les facteurs cognitifs et émotionnels sur le comportement des acteurs économiques. »
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De mémoire de vergers : histoires gourmandes des fruits de nos campagnes
« Sucrés, juteux, croquants, parfois mal-aimés ou méconnus, les fruits font partie de notre patrimoine cultural et sont présents tout au long de l'année dans notre quotidien. Et pourtant, connaissons-nous réellement l'étendue de la diversité fruitière ? On est souvent capable de citer 4 à 5 variétés de pommes mais saviez-vous qu'il en existe en France plus de 5000 différentes ? L'auteur présente dans cet ouvrage de mémoire 300 variétés de fruits en racontant leur histoire et leur origine. Les variétés anciennes, régionales et populaires aux croisements hasardeux ou réussis, l'auteur nous régale d'informations et d'anecdotes, le tout accompagné de magnifiques photos de fruits à taille réelle et de documents anciens qui titillent notre mémoire. Alors laissez-vous tenter par une balade dans le verger pour découvrir ou (re)découvrir la diversité fruitière ! Vous ne serez pas déçus... »
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